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Another “saucy” product review

I hope you like product reviews, because you’re going to be seeing a lot of new product reviews in the coming weeks. Some are products I found while on vacation. Others are from a few companies who contacted me, asking me to do a review. While I was away, they shipped me fun samples, which were waiting at my doorstep when I arrived home. (Well, technically, the samples waited inside, thanks to our neighbor who brought in our mail.) One of the new products from New York was incorporated into my lunch:

The roasted veggies couldn’t have been easier. I sliced them, drizzled on some oil, broiled on high for 12 minutes on one side, and flipped for another 12 minutes. Then I put ‘em in the fridge for a while to cool, so they wouldn’t wilt the spinach. And what about the new product I mentioned?

Another barbecue sauce. The above hails from a little health-food store in New York. I’ve been trying out new sauces lately, especially barbecue sauces, as I’ve yet to find a favorite.

This Dinosaur sauce, when used like traditional bbq sauce, was entirely too sweet for me, and not spicy at all. But I still loved it on the salad. I used just a bit of sauce on the salad, and the bitterness of the spinach balanced the overwhelming sweetness nicely. It was the perfect mix of sweet and bitter. I definitely see more of those salads in my future! More savory oat bran too!

Question of the Day:What’s your favorite sauce or salad dressing? And how do you use it?

I am in love with Newman’s Own Sesame Ginger. It’s good on salad, on veggies, and I’ve even made a pasta salad with it before.

Ive only recently started using salad dressing, it really used to freak me out! I don’t really like vinegar and I was always worried that any dressing I tried would be full of it. But I’ve overcome my (some may say irrational) fear and now love trying lots of new dressings. My current fav is light tahini, lemon juice, olive oil and a touch of garlic. Yum. I suppose it’s hummus without the chickpeas, lol!

I actually just use Alessi Raspberry White Balsamic vinegar as a dressing. The raspberries sweeten it and the white balsamic is less bitey than regular balsamic. Plus, cheap and low cal/fat free – which means I can add avocado/nuts to my salad and get my fat in a tastier, healthier way. 🙂

You should get this stuff! It’s just vinegar but it *tastes* like a slightly sweet, slightly tangy vinaigrette. Yummo. I like salads with spinach and baby greens, some sort of fruit (berries or sliced green and red grapes) and some cubed avocado and the vinegar on top. EPIC.

I love Annie’s Naturals salad dressings!! I’ve been meaning to try their Green Goddess one. I didn’t start using salad dressing until I was 22…servers used to look at me like I was crazy when I’d say “no dressing”… one time in high school a server told me I didn’t need to be on a diet!! Now that I’ve been converted to a dressing user, balsamic is one of my favorites. Occasionally, I’ll using dressing for salads but mainly I use it for dipping veggies 🙂

That is so funny! Dinosaur BBQ is actually located in my hometown, but ironically I’ve never tried their food..OR their sauce! But lezzbehonest, they probably don’t have much in the way of vegan fare, so perhaps not a total loss 🙂

I love BBQ sauce. I buy Bullseye, because I like the taste, it’s pretty cheap, and it doesn’t have high fructose corn syrup.

For salad dressing, I love Maple Grove Farms Balsamic. It’s pretty vinegary and it’s oil-free (I don’t like to eat added oils, and I just don’t like the taste of oil). But I also just love using hummus instead of salad dressing. I just blogged about this Indian curry hummus I bought and have been using on salad. It’s really good!

I’ve been running 4x a week while training for my marathon and I’m beat up just doing that. I feel super guilty, since I’m used to working out 5-6 days a week, but just from the high mileage I’m burning more calories a week than I did before. I could work out more (and eat more) but I’m feeling the rest days. I don’t want an injury to sideline me! Marathon is on Oct. 23 – and I stupidly, accidentally signed up for a half marathon the following weekend, Oct. 30. That’s going to be one SLOW half for me! Yowza.

My favorite BBQ sauce is Follow Your Heart’s spicy BBQ sauce. You can probably find it at Whole Foods (we have it at WF in LA). As for salad dressing, I’m not really a fan. I dress my salads simply with a little red wine vinegar and nothing else.

I just discovered a new Caesar dressing by Galeos cafe. Its made with Miso so its naturally light. I love the flavor so much and the ingredient list is short and sweet. Its great as a dip, a dressing or even a marinade for fish.